The present study considered the current state of internet of things in Nigeria, future prospects and challenges to the usage of the technology in Nigerian Agriculture. In Nigeria, IoT has been used to dispense feed and water to chicks, virtual fences for monitoring farmlands and forest trees, cashless sales and purchases of farm produce and input, monitoring and management of staff performances on the farm and e-wallet for input, loan and information accessibility on agricultural issues. However, there is room for improvement in the area of security for the animals (animal tracking), weather forecasting and realtime soil monitoring, livestock and crop health surveillance. Challenges faced in the usage of IoT in Nigeria are inadequate/lack of capital, skilled manpower, facilities. In conclusion, IoT has great potentials to move Nigerian agriculture to an enviable position.

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In Africa, about 300 million people are undernourished, and there is mounting evidence linking food insecurity to rapid population growth. Profitable production of crops and animals in large quantity is hinged on improved practices using modern tools: internet of things (IoT). The internet of things has the purpose of providing ICT infrastructure facilitating the exchange of ‘things' in a secure and reliable manner. Its function is to overcome the gap between objects in the physical world and their representation in information systems. Agribusiness empowered by IoT has opportunities in crop and animal health assessment and monitoring. They include agricultural drone services, crop and livestock production and management, digital information platforms, online sales and purchase of agricultural products (e-commerce), export and marketing of farm produce or processed products. In conclusion, young people will be gainfully engaged if they can be provided the Internet of Things enabled agribusiness.

Primarily, our focus on secondary data obtainable from journal articles and a futurelearn.com study platform will be used to collect data on SME decision-makers. Data will also be raised on stakeholder views considering the obstacles to the implementation of ITG by SMEs. Such an opportunity will provide a basis for future research on why SMEs are becoming involved in the application of ITG models. Further information on how such could help in the successful implementation of ITG by SMEs will be explored/evaluated. Subsequently, this includes theorising scaling in ITG to determine the correlation between ITG and MSGS. Similarly, a fuller insight becomes achievable by the researcher on the implementable ITG; whereby the strategy is compared to the theory in practice. The findings remain a contribution to knowledge. This section-Research Methods will give the subtleties of the optional information procedure embraced to address the examination issues recognised above, together with the methods for gathering information for the investigation, including the interpretation and the examination of the data received. The paper concludes by highlighting the constraints with the choice of secondary data strategy and its usage.